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From: lvc@danews.ATT.COM (Larry Cipriani)
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Subject: Re: Unix Question - what more can we want
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Date: Sun, 16-Nov-86 11:37:31 EST
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> Steve- READ YOUR UNIX MANUAL!!!!   Mine states under TOUCH(1) ... causes the
> access and modification times of each argument to be updated. IF NO TIME IS 
> SPECIFIED THE CURRENT TIME IS USED. You can specify the time you want it
> touched
> to. This is exactly what the original poster wanted.
> 
> touch [ -amc] [mmddhhmm[yy] ] files
> 
> This give you month date hour minute and year, what more could you want?!?
> 
> 	Norm Tiedemann
> 	ihnp4!ihlpa!normt
> 	AT&T Bell Labs 

I would like to be able to say:

	touch -fdatefile files

The files are touched with the 'dates' of the datefile.  This is
in CB/UNIX (yet another AT&T version of UNIX) and I sure wish it
was in System 5 Release 2.  It can be very useful in makefiles.

Larry Cipriani
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AT&T Network Systems